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arxiv: 1412.5834 · v1 · pith:F4UDJORKnew · submitted 2014-12-18 · ❄️ cond-mat.mes-hall · cond-mat.supr-con

Topological superconductivity and high Chern numbers in 2D ferromagnetic Shiba lattices

classification ❄️ cond-mat.mes-hall cond-mat.supr-con
keywords superconductivitytopologicalatomschernferromagneticmagneticnumberssuperconducting
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Inspired by the recent experimental observation of topological superconductivity in ferromagnetic chains, we consider a dilute 2D lattice of magnetic atoms deposited on top of a superconducting surface with a Rashba spin-orbit coupling. We show that the studied system supports a generalization of $p_x+ip_y$ superconductivity and that its topological phase diagram contains Chern numbers higher than $\xi/a$ $(\gg1)$, where $\xi$ is the superconducting coherence length and $a$ is the distance between the magnetic atoms. The signatures of nontrivial topology can be observed by STM spectroscopy in finite-size islands.

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